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BLUE GIANT [1 record]

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Record 1 1978-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronomy
OBS

A large, hot, and bright star. A typical blue giant has a temperature of 20,000 ° K (36,000 ° F), a radius 10 times that of the Sun and a brightness of 20,000 Suns.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronomie
OBS

La suite de ces "étoiles normales" allait sans interruption des "naines rouges", relativement froides et pâles, aux "géantes bleues" qui brillent d'un éclat bleu lumineux.

Spanish

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